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How to pronounce “hoodwink

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Pronunciation guide for hoodwink

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of hoodwink with real speech in context.
Available examples
3 YouTube examples
Real speech example
John Wilbanks: Let's pool our medical data 16 minutesfrom people that would try to hoodwink us into a clinical
Definition summary
(transitive, archaic) To cover the eyes with, or as if with, a hood; to blindfold. [from mid 16th c.]

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How to pronounce hoodwink

John Wilbanks: Let's pool our medical data 16 minutes

from people that would try to hoodwink us into a clinical

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “hoodwink

Meaning

  • [Verb]
  • (transitive, archaic) To cover the eyes with, or as if with, a hood; to blindfold. [from mid 16th c.]
  • (transitive, figuratively)
  • (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To close the eyes.
  • [Noun]
  • (countable) An act of hiding from sight, or something that cloaks or hides another thing from view.
  • (British, games, obsolete, uncountable) The game of blind man's buff.

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